On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 10:34, Jeremy Bopp wrote: > On 1/17/2011 3:20 PM, David Antliff wrote: >> Essentially I have a seemingly command-line based FPGA synthesis tool >> (a "compiler" if you prefer) called "Synplify Pro". Unfortunately it >> is not truly command-line, but does some sort of GUI-related >> operations even though it shows no actual GUI (except sometimes a >> splash screen). This means that although I can run it from a local >> bash instance, and it will run, I don't seem to be able to run it from >> an SSH session. >> >> Copyright (c) 1991-2010 Lattice Semiconductor Corporation, All rights >> reserved. >> Failed to get 'Config' context string of ispLever System >> Failed to get 'Root' context string of ispLever System [snip] >> I noticed when I run Windows apps such as notepad.exe or calc.exe over >> SSH that they start up, no GUI appears, but as far as I can tell they >> remain running. [snip] >> Does anyone know of any 'trick' to enable a GUI program to work via >> SSH please? I'm using Cygwin 1.7.5 on Windows XP SP3 32bit. > > Perhaps you could use the editrights program to add the > SeInteractiveLogonRight for the user running the ssh service and > effectively get access to the main desktop that way.
Hi Jeremy, thank you for your idea. I just tried this - in fact I used the AdministrativeTools/Services applet to set the Cygwin SSHD service to "Allow service to interact with desktop". This actually had a useful effect - I can now start 'notepad' or 'calc' and I see the process appear on the main desktop. However, unfortunately, I still get the same error from Synplify Pro. I wonder if it's looking for more than just GUI services? Also, having that option set causes any SSH connection attempts *from Cygwin* to connect, then immediately terminate. However if I connect from a Linux host, it connects fine. If I turn off the "Allow service to interact with desktop", then I can connect again. Not a big deal, but odd. I've also tried running the sshd service as the same user currently logged in (i.e. running the desktop). However when I do this, the sshd service fails to start with no error message other than "service could not be started. The service did not report an error." -- David. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple